Bob Tizard

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Bob Tizard (1963)
Labor MP in Parliament in May 1966, Bob Tizard , penultimate in the second row

Robert James Tizard (born June 7, 1924 in Auckland , New Zealand ; † January 28, 2016 ibid), known in public and in publications as Bob Tizard , was a long-time New Zealand politician and minister in the governments of the New Zealand Labor Party .

Life

Robert James Tizard was born in Auckland in 1924 to HJ Tizard . Nothing is known about his mother. He received his education at the Meadowbank School and the Auckland Grammar School . In 1940 he was awarded a university scholarship. In March 1943 he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force and left New Zealand in January 1944 in a military delegation for Canada . After the end of World War II , Tizard went to study at Auckland University College , where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1948 and in 1950 with the work of Mr. HE Holland's blueprint for New Zealand and the world: its inspiration and influence with a Master of Arts .

During his time at the university, where he temporarily held the office of President of the Auckland University Students' Association , Tizard met his first wife, Catherine Anne Maclean , whom he married in 1951, moved to the Avondale district of Auckland with her and with her had four children together. In 1957 they moved to Glendowie , which is also a district of Auckland. In 1980 the two divorced. Tizard married Mary Nacey a little later . This marriage did not last either and so in September 1989 Tizard married the Canadian Beryl Vignale , with whom he had been in a relationship 45 years earlier, during the Second World War in Canada.

Political career

Tizard's first applications for political office and for a seat in the House of Representatives in the years 1951 to 1954 were initially unsuccessful. Tizard worked as a lecturer at the University of Auckland and as a teacher at a school until he won a seat in parliament for the first time in 1957 for the Tamaki district and constituency . Three years later he lost his mandate to competitor Robert Muldoon . This was a disgrace for Tizard and led to a lifelong hostility between him and Muldoon .

In spring 1963 Tizard was able to regain his seat in parliament in a by-election in the constituency of Otahuhu , which he was able to hold for different constituencies in Auckland without interruption until his retirement in 1990 .

When the Labor Party under Norman Kirk won the general election in 1972 , Tizard became Minister of Health and responsible for State Services . After Norman Kirk died unexpectedly two years later, Bill Rowling took over the affairs of state and Tizard became Rowling's deputy in addition to the office of Treasury Secretary . When the Labor Party lost the parliamentary election two years later in the 1973 oil price crisis , Tizard and his party colleagues went into the opposition for the next nine years . In the 1984 government, when the Labor Party regained power, Tizard took over as Minister of Energy. In the following legislative period, three years later, he took over the office of Defense Minister and pushed through the controversial decision to buy two frigates for the Navy.

In 1986 he was elected member of the New Zealand Privy Council , but left the government of Geoffrey Palmer two years later in January 1990 because of differences over his party's economic policy .

In 2007, Tizard , now 83 years old, was elected to the Auckland District Health Board in his hometown.

On January 28, 2016, Robert James Tizard died in Auckland in the presence of his five children.

Overall, Tizard over 31 years a member of parliament, including 12 years as a minister in various governments and 19 years in the opposition.

Awards

  • 2000 - Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Web links

Commons : Bob Tizard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RJ Tizard . In: The Auckland Star . tape  LXXVI , No. 49, February 27, 1945, p. 4 , col. 4 (English, online [accessed May 30, 2020]).
  2. ↑ a b NZ University Graduates 1870-1961 - T . In: Shadows of Times - Genealogical Services & Information . Retrieved May 30, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ Tizard, RJ : Mr. HE Holland's blueprint for New Zealand and the world: its inspiration and influence . The University of Auckland , 1949, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Dame Catherine Anne Tizard . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Ywca, Auckland , October 29, 2014, archived from the original on January 13, 2015 ; accessed on May 30, 2020 (English, original website no longer available).
  5. ↑ NZ minister finally weds war-time sweetheart . (No longer available online.) The Straits Times , September 29, 1989, archived from the original January 13, 2015 ; accessed on May 30, 2020 (English, original website no longer available).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Long-time Labor MP Bob Tizard dies . Radio New Zealand , January 29, 2016, accessed May 30, 2020 .
  7. ^ Hugh Templeton : All Honorable Men . Inside the Muldoon Cabinet, 1975-1984 . Auckland University Press , Auckland 1995, ISBN 978-1-86940-128-3 , pp.  82 (English).
  8. ↑ a b Former deputy Prime Minister Bob Tizard dies age 91 . New Zealand Herald , January 28, 2016, accessed May 30, 2020 .
predecessor Office successor
Lance Adams tailor Minister of Health of New Zealand
1972–1974 		Tom McGuigan
Bill Rowling Minister of Finance of New Zealand
1974–1975 		Robert Muldoon
Bill Birch Minister of Energy of New Zealand
1984–1987 		David Butcher
Frank O'Flynn Minister of Defense of New Zealand
1987–1990 		Peter Tapsell
personal data
SURNAME Tizard, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tizard, Robert James; Tizard, RJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand Labor Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Auckland , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2016
Place of death Auckland , New Zealand